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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They were rude but that’s the kind of thing where as a host, if you like them, I would just apologize and move on. Now you know, treat it like a food allergy for them.

Honestly I would be so insulted that it would definitely affect the friendship. But while you’re hosting, you’re not in the business of policing them or arguing. Just say “oh” or “it sounds like you know a lot about it” or something like that if they lecture. You can still eat the brownies yourself. Offer fruit or something to the guests or just apologize that there’s no dessert.

I would try to sleep on it and get to a place of understanding that it can be hard to travel with anxiety and to vow to just support them and accommodate them while they visit. I would probably get 80% there which would be enough. [/quote]

Op - one of them lives here. 
I don’t think they are anxious. And I don’t think they are that picky (one is obsessed with Nutella). 
Part of what makes it such a weird hill to suddenly die on. Like they were trying to make me feel dumb about it. Was so odd [/quote]

OK so they just wanted to grasp at a bit of superiority to lord it over you because they've got nothing else in their lives. 
Drop them. Tell the one that lives here he'd better go home where all the safety is EU controlled... oh wait, oh yeah, Brexit. GL with that. 
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